Kirk Sheppard

Monday Matinee 4.9.18

Happy Monday everyone! Last week I had the pleasure of seeing both the CCM Musical Theatre showcase as well as CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. Read the…

Apr 8

REVIEW: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

The thing about Tennessee Williams plays is that he provides so much opportunity to over-do it, to take things to such a heightened emotional place that one runs…

Apr 2Mar 31

MONDAY MATINEE: This Week in Cincinnati Theatre – April 2, 2018

I’m excited that with a recent job change I should have more time to write. That means the return of the Monday Matinee, highlighting the goings on in…

Mar 31Mar 31

REVIEW: The Theory of Relativity

This show has no right to be this good. It’s a young cast, a young director, and a fairly new musical. But THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY is a magical…

Mar 30

REVIEW: Sooner/Later

I love that Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is committed to producing new plays. Artistic Director Blake Robison (and Ed Stern before him) allow for new voices, new…

Mar 25

CCM Freshman Showcase is a Hopeful Sign of the Times

Every year, the Freshman class of musical theatre students develops a showcase as a year-long project. They select the music, they choreograph the numbers, they write the monologues,…

Mar 10

REVIEW: Red Velvet

RED VELVET is the story of Ira Aldridge, the first African-American to play Othello in the 1800’s, who faced discrimination at every turn. This long, two-hour-and-twenty-minute production recounts…

Mar 10Mar 10

REVIEW: Transmigration 2018

The 10th Anniversary for TRANSMIGRATION at CCM featured a variety of theatrical experiences, including one of the most powerful and smart plays I’ve seen in some time. Every…

Feb 25Feb 25

REVIEW: Jesus Christ Superstar

UC-CCM’s JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR is a spectacle, as it should be. It’s spectacularly sung, spectacularly choreographed. It’s a visual feast and a delicious vocal buffet. I walked away…